diff --git a/homeassistant/config.py b/homeassistant/config.py
index 5cd4a0700e5..73d0273d1c0 100644
--- a/homeassistant/config.py
+++ b/homeassistant/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """Module to help with parsing and generating configuration files."""
 from collections import OrderedDict
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion  # pylint: disable=import-error
 import logging
 import os
 import re
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ import shutil
 from types import ModuleType
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Sequence, Set, Tuple, Union
 
+from awesomeversion import AwesomeVersion
 import voluptuous as vol
 from voluptuous.humanize import humanize_error
 
@@ -364,15 +364,15 @@ def process_ha_config_upgrade(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
         "Upgrading configuration directory from %s to %s", conf_version, __version__
     )
 
-    version_obj = LooseVersion(conf_version)
+    version_obj = AwesomeVersion(conf_version)
 
-    if version_obj < LooseVersion("0.50"):
+    if version_obj < AwesomeVersion("0.50"):
         # 0.50 introduced persistent deps dir.
         lib_path = hass.config.path("deps")
         if os.path.isdir(lib_path):
             shutil.rmtree(lib_path)
 
-    if version_obj < LooseVersion("0.92"):
+    if version_obj < AwesomeVersion("0.92"):
         # 0.92 moved google/tts.py to google_translate/tts.py
         config_path = hass.config.path(YAML_CONFIG_FILE)
 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ def process_ha_config_upgrade(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
             except OSError:
                 _LOGGER.exception("Migrating to google_translate tts failed")
 
-    if version_obj < LooseVersion("0.94") and is_docker_env():
+    if version_obj < AwesomeVersion("0.94") and is_docker_env():
         # In 0.94 we no longer install packages inside the deps folder when
         # running inside a Docker container.
         lib_path = hass.config.path("deps")